Tag Archives: Politics

A SARB Statement The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) received the forensic investigation report into the affairs of VBS Mutual Bank (VBS) from Advocate Terry Motau SC on 5 October 2018. This report was in pursuance of Advocate...

PBM South Africa’s largest newspaper, The Sunday Times, has taken an extraordinary step of declaring a fleet of ‘investigative stories’ it published about eight years ago as misleading and inappropriate. In an editorial published on Sunday,...

David Robinson, Edith Cowan University This article is part of our series of explainers on key moments in the past 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event...

Amanda Gouws, Stellenbosch University There are reasons why feminists use the slogan “the personal is political”, especially when men make arguments using the age old idea that “biology is destiny”. Manglin Pillay, the CEO of the...

PBM South Africa’s ruling party, the African national Congress (ANC), is calling for the fast tracking of the project to introduce history as a compulsory school subject in the country, arguing that the proposition will contribute...

Stanley Andrisse, Howard University Beginning next year, the Common Application – an online form that enables students to apply to the 800 or so colleges that use it – will no longer ask students about their...

PBM South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has has agreed to appoint a commission of inquiry into the alleged improprieties taking place at the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC). The PIC is a state owned asset manager which administers assets valued...

Javed Siddiqui, University of Manchester India, which dominates world cricket, is embroiled in a bitter battle over how it runs its domestic sport. The turbulence dates back to when the country’s supreme court issued a set...

Calli Tzani Pepelasi, University of Huddersfield Childhood bullying is so common that it may not seem like a big deal. Up to 35% per cent of people are estimated to have experienced it at some point....

PBM Manglin Pillay, the CEO of South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), has landed in hot water after expressing mysogynistic views in an article published in the SAICE magazine. Multitudes led by women activist groups...

A tax credit for those who support adult dependents. This would lower the tax obligations of those who support adult non-taxpayers. In other words, provide support for what has become known colloquially as ‘black tax’. DA ...

Pierre de Vos, University of Cape Town South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC), has announced that his party will spearhead an amendment to section 25...

Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg The South African government’s plan to change the constitution to mention land expropriation without compensation could, ironically, end up strengthening the property rights on which investment depends. Pressure to change the...

Ujuh Reporter South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) is set to go ahead with proposed amendment of the country’s constitution in order to allow for exporpriation of land without compensation. This was firmed...

PBM There seems to be serious cracks at Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) pointed out by the surfacing of a bitter goodbye letter to stakeholders from the organisation’s Director of Communications, Themba Maseko. The letter which has...

SATopShops South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has called on the country’s parliament to fast track the processing of the Competition Amendment Bill which promises to introduce drastic measures of tackling the domination...